Combined scarf tip and fastener



(No Model.)

E. D. SMITH. A COMBINED SCAREl TIP AND PASTBNER.

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EDI/VIN D.n SMITH, OF PITTSBURG, ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF 'TO GEORGE B. BRYAN, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

TIP AND FASTENER.

SPC'FICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 391,657, dated October 23, 1888.

Application led July 12, 1888. Serial No. '279.733. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, i1? may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWIN D. SMITH, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Pittsburg, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Attachments for Neckties; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable 1o others skilled in the art to which it appertains y to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in attachments for neckties, the object thereof being to provide a made-up tie or cravat with means whereby the neckband can be readily passed through the opening in the scarf, after which the scarf can be attached to the plait of the shirt-bosom to prevent said scarf riding up on the collar; and it consists in the combination, with a made-up scarf', of a metallic fastening device attached to the neckband thereof, said device being provided with jaws and locking means, as will lbe hereinafter fully set forth, and specifically pointed ont in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of a scarf, showing my improvement applied to the neckband thereof. Fig. 2 is a rear view. Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view, and Fig. 4 an edge view.

A refers to a scarf or necktie which is made up in the usual manner, the same being provided with a neckband, B, attached to one side ofthe scarf and intended to be passed through an opening in the opposite side of the scarf, so as to engage with a pin secured thereto.

Heretofore scarfs have been provided with stiffeningpieees secured to the free end of the neckband to guide the same through the opening in the scarf. When my improvement is applied to made-up scarfs, this stiffening-piece is done away with and to the free end of the neckband a metallic guide, C, is se,

cured.

In the accompanying drawings I have shown of two pieces of sheet metal suitably secured to each other and provided at one end with an opening, c, through which the free end of the neckband is passed and secured, the opposite ends being formed into spring-jaws d d, the eXtreme ends of which are bent at right angles and provided withteeth. Above the jaws is pivoted a bail or loop, e, which is adapted to be passed over the jaws and hold them in a closed position.

Below the pivot-point of the loop e the jaws are struck up, as shown at f f, to provide projections which will prevent the loop slipping open upon the jaws after being placed thereon.

I do not limit myself to any particular form of guide-piece and catch, as the same may be modified and the construction changed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

By the use of the hereinbefore-described device neckbands may be of less length than piece and catch C adds substantially to the length of the band.

In practice the device is placed in the position shown in Fig. l of the drawings after being passed around the neck of the wearer, and the guide-piece and catch are passed through the opening in the scarf and the neckband caused to engage with the usual catch-pin, after which the loop c is thrown back and the edge of one of the flaps of the tie is secured to the plait of the shirt-bosom by closing and securing the jaws upon these parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. The combination, in a made-up necktie, of a neckband provided at its free end with a guide having curved spring-jaws and a loop for holding said jaws together, substantially as shown, whereby the guide serves to pass the neckband through the tie and hold the same to the shirtbosom.

2. The improved guide and retaining d evice for neck-wear, consisting of metallic side pieces secured to each other, the upper end heretofore used, as the length of'the guidethereof having an opening tor-med therein, In testngonywhereofatixmy signature n the side pieces being secured to each other presence of two WitnessesA near their lower ends by a pin which serves as a, pvot for the loop e, raised portions ff, EDW IN D SMITH 5 and curved jaws held in a closed position by Witnesses a. bail orqloop, e, substantially as shown, and H. A. MLLEE,

for the purpose set forth. C. E. CORNELIUs. 

